Nexsan Qualifies ATABeast with ONStor Bobcat NAS Gateways to Create Scalable High-Performance Enterprise Storage Solution

Business Wire, Jan 19, 2006

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Nexsan Technologies, the leader in innovative storage solutions, today announced that its ATABeast(TM) enterprise-class storage array has been certified for use with ONStor's 2280 NAS gateways, providing customers with a best-of-breed scalable storage solution to meet the most demanding enterprise storage requirements.

Nexsan's ATABeast joins the more than 100 different software and hardware solutions that have been certified for interoperability with ONStor's Bobcat, the industry's most interoperable NAS Gateway solution.

Leveraging the open storage architecture of the ONStor Bobcat gateways to deliver a best-of-breed enterprise-class storage solution, ATABeast delivers the highest performance and utmost cost effectiveness in a single, scalable solution ideal for data-intense storage applications such as online archiving and disk-based backup. An extreme density design -- 21 terabytes of storage capacity in just 4U of rack space -- provides a compact footprint and can scale to 210 cost-correct terabytes of capacity in a single rack. The ATABeast's unique design extends individual drive life and provides significant savings year over year, while its AutoMAID(TM) (Massive Array of Idle Disks) function allows ATABeast to place its disk drives to an idle state to conserve energy yet provide near-instantaneous access to data.

As the newest member of the ONStor Bobcat family of NAS Gateways, the Bobcat 2280 combines the industry's most scalable NAS gateway platform with a high-performance file data streaming engine that delivers accelerated performance for content-rich application environments. The Bobcat 2280's purpose-built hardware platform employs 64-bit network processors to deliver both performance and efficiency. Capable of 300MB/sec throughput, the Bobcat 2280 NAS Gateway occupies only 1U of rack height and consumes just 160 watts, resulting in significant space and power savings verses conventional file servers.

"Interoperability, scalability, performance and cost-efficiency are hallmarks of Nexsan and our entire line of award-winning storage solutions," said Brendan Kinkade, Vice President of Marketing at Nexsan. "By qualifying the ATABeast with ONStor's 2280 NAS gateways, we are further ensuring that our enterprise customers will enjoy the enhanced benefits of a joint-solution that has been developed to deliver upon our company's core values."

"ONStor is committed to providing solutions that consolidate enterprise file services on open SAN storage and our relationship with Nexsan is a great example of our success of our belief that the open sharing of technology creates interoperability and ease-of-use that ultimately benefits our mutual customers," said Jon Toor, vice president of marketing at ONStor. "The combination of our Bobcat NAS gateway's and Nexsan's cutting edge technology expands the opportunities for both companies by delivering a scalable, cost-effective NAS solution that addresses a wider range of enterprise customers."

About ONStor

ONStor is the leader in enterprise-class NAS Gateways that consolidate file services on multi-vendor storage. ONStor storage solutions dramatically reduce management costs by providing customers with the most easily scaled storage environment, and reduce capital costs by delivering the freedom and flexibility of the industry's most interoperable platform. ONStor products and technology are offered by leading system integrators and resellers worldwide. All products are backed by a host of support offering and by ONStor's uncompromising commitment to customer service. More information about ONStor can be found at www.onstor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2-ON-STOR (877-266-7867).

About Nexsan Technologies

Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has changed the way IT managers are storing and protecting corporate data. From the outset, Nexsan has moved to the forefront because it recognized the need for corporate managers to 'do more with less.' Nexsan was the first to deliver award-winning storage solutions that provide correct-cost pricing, without sacrificing features and performance -- attributes that make good business sense for virtually every size company. Every Nexsan product is a total solution, with unprecedented ease of use, features, performance and reliability, all priced to fit the requirements of IT managers worldwide. For more information, please see the company's website at http://www.nexsan.com.